Today I Learned (TIL)

Used for the assassination: Small handguns; Smith & Wesson Model 36 and Walther PPK

Kim Jae-gyu fired the gun twice at Park's chest from a distance of two to three meters, but the PPK jammed on a third shot.

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TIL Chimborazo is the highest point on Earth (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Deceptichum@quokk.au to c/til@lemmy.ca

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Today I learned: Epstein Island had an area of 28 ha (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 1 month ago by cm0002@piefed.world to c/til@lemmy.ca

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The island was Epstein's primary residence,[4][14] and he called the island "Little St. Jeff".

In April 1998, a company called L.S.J. LLC purchased the island for $7.95 million, and documents showed that Jeffrey Epstein was the sole member of L.S.J

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TIL the United States has 94 nuclear power plants. (www.eia.gov)

submitted 1 month ago by cm0002@piefed.world to c/til@lemmy.ca

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In 2024, U.S. utilities operated 94 nuclear reactors with a total net generating capacity of nearly 97 gigawatts (GW), the largest commercial nuclear power generation fleet in the world.

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TIL "Brain rot" was first coined in Walden (1854) by Henry David Thoreau (www.etymonline.com)

submitted 1 month ago by DearMoogle@piefed.social to c/til@lemmy.ca

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While England endeavours to cure the potato-rot, will not any endeavour to cure the brain-rot, which prevails so much more widely and fatally ?

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TIL the Amish have one of the least allergic populations in the developed world. (archive.is)

submitted 1 month ago by Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca

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TIL that mods can see how people vote in their communities (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/til@lemmy.ca

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I was editing one of my posts and saw a "View votes" in the dropdown hamburger for the post. Now I can see who serial downvotes. Nice.

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TIL zombo.com still exists, and no longer requires flash (zombo.com)

submitted 2 months ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/til@lemmy.ca

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TIL that only seven countries make up more than half of the world's human population (en.m.wikipedia.org)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by cm0002@lemmy.cafe to c/til@lemmy.ca

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TL;DR: India, China, US, Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria, Brazil. Aggregated percent of total: 50.4

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TIL - There is such a thing as a Right Whale Dolphin and they don't have a dorsal fin (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/til@lemmy.ca

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https://animalia-life.club/qa/pictures/southern-right-whale-dolphin

Conspicuously, neither species has a dorsal fin; nor do right whales and this may explain the dolphins' name.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_whale_dolphin

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TIL in December 2018, lean finely textured beef(pink slime) was reclassified as "ground beef" by the Food Safety Service of the United States Department Of Agriculture. It is banned in Canada and EU. (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by realitista@lemm.ee to c/til@lemmy.ca

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cross-posted from: https://lemmit.online/post/6090142

TIL in December 2018, lean finely textured beef(pink slime) was reclassified as "ground beef" by the Food Safety And Inspection Service of the United States Department Of Agriculture. It is banned...

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Original Title: TIL in December 2018, lean finely textured beef(pink slime) was reclassified as "ground beef" by the Food Safety And Inspection Service of the United States Department Of Agriculture. It is banned in Canada and the EU.

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TIL No Kings Protests were the 3rd Largest in US History (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 3 months ago by RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca

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Today I learned that the "KNIGHTS" scene from Shrek 2, the scene parodying the 'COPS' TV show, was based off of the car chase with OJ Simpson in 1994, where he fled the scene in a white Ford Bronco. (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/til@lemmy.ca

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Original text by @HotWheelsVroom@lemmy.ml

They made Donkey a stallion and made him white, and during the episode of 'KNIGHTS' showcasing the chase with Shrek, Donkey, Puss in Boots, and the others, they call Donkey a 'white bronco' on the police radio while the chase unfolds.

I can't believe I never noticed this detail until now. Now I'll never unsee it.

KNIGHTS Scene

OJ Simpson Car Chase

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TIL that India used 5 year plans for most of it's post-colonial history. (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 3 months ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/til@lemmy.ca

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